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fitful

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪtf(ʊ)l/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ffiltuStarts with FEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. intermittently stopping and starting

Word origin

From fit (“convulsion, seizure; sudden burst of activity”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun).

Used in a sentence

  • Duncane is in his Graue: After Lifes fitfull Feuer, he ſleepes well, Treaſon ha's done his worſt: not Steele, not Poyſon, Mallice domeſtique, forraine Leuie, nothing, Can touch him further.
  • His breathing was fitful.
  • Troubled by her unfinished work, she fell into a fitful sleep.

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